Friday, August 7, 2009

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Is Pakistan's Taliban Chief Dead?

By TIME STAFF

Reports out of Waziristan indicate that a U.S. drone may have found its prized target: the fearsome militant Baitullah Mehsud

Reforming Crack-Cocaine Laws, but Leaving Injustice Intact?

By THEO EMERY / WASHINGTON

Possessing and dealing crack has immense consequences compared to those for holding powder cocaine. That disparity may be fixed. So why isn't it likely to be applied retroactively?

Filmmaker John Hughes, Chronicler of '80s Teens, Dies

By RICHARD CORLISS

Hughes brought teen experience to life in films like 'Sixteen Candles,' 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and 'The Breakfast Club'

Extinction 'Gene': Why Some Species Are More at Risk

By BRYAN WALSH

A new study finds that the risk for extinction isn't random — it tends to run in evolutionary families, wiping out groups of species at a time

Why Cheating is Awesome

By JOEL STEIN

Steroids and polyurethane suits may make us queasy--but they also make us perform better

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Swampland

By Amy Sullivan

Back in the fall of 2008, the conservative Christian group the Alliance Defense Fund organized "Pulpit Freedom Sunday," a sort-of civil disobedience event for which pastors were encouraged to endorse John McCain and challenge IRS regulations.

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Remembering John Hughes Through His 10 Greatest Scenes

From 'Pretty in Pink' to 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' John Hughes, who died Aug. 6 at age 59, owned the 1980s teen comedy. TIME takes a look back at his greatest moments

Quotes of the Day

"This is the sort of thing that could be a problem diplomatically. But because it is Berlusconi it just made the two leaders smile."
An anonymous source in the Turkish government
on the surprise felt at Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's boast of involvement in Russian-Turkish energy deals
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Singing to Stop the Fighting in Sierra Leone

By Glenna Gordon / Freetown

Seven years after the end of its brutal civil war, Sierra Leone is still struggling with ethnic tensions and conflict. But at a studio in the country's capital, young musicians are trying to make a change through song

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